Sunday, March 15, 2009

March Madness: live blog

Well once again March Madness is upon us (and I don't mean the AIG bonuses) Here are the teams in as close a version of the brackets that I can come up with. I'll keep you posted (no pun intended) on how it all goes. Tuesday it all started for real. Morehead State (#16) qualified to play Louisville (#1) in the mid-west region on Friday. In the history of the NCAA tournament no #16 team has ever beaten a #1. Last Tuesday Morehead State won the right to face Louisville: Morehead State 58
Alabama State 43.

My favorites are Michigan, Conn., Temple and Texas. Well we'll see.

Opening Round Game
March 17
16Alabama St. 58
16Morehead St. 43

Sorry for the failure to complete the weekend's activity. We were in Boulder, Colo. Saturday/Sunday and didn't have internet access. Yesterday we arrived in Denver (the Grand (sic) Hiatt Hotel) were we found out that we had to pay ($9.99 per day) for internet access. We reluctantly decided to pay, but learned several significant lessons: (1) After I bitched at them about the lousy customer relations this ripoff this charge represented, they decided to give us one day access free (of course it should all be free; (2) We should always ascertain whether a hotel charges for internet access and if it does we should simply stay somewhere else; (3) When I was bitching to the desk-person an about the access charge, he said when other hotels in Denver began charging for access, the Hiatt also did. The Hiatt, if it were really concerned about its patrons, it could have decided to stand up and not charge for access. Wouldn't that have been a great marketing decision. Always acceding to the worst decisions of your business competitors isn't a smart way of doing business. In sum, always bitch, you might get something free and always check on free or pay internet access before choosing a hotel.

Well, anyway, here's the weekend at a glance. I hope to do better next weekend. Thursday & Friday we'll be in Lincoln, Neb. and Saturday (3/28) back to home sweet access.

MIDWEST

1 Louisville         74
16Morehead St  54                    Louisville  79

8 Ohio St.    72                           Siena          72      Louisville   
9 Siena         74 (2OT)

5 Utah         71
12 Arizona  84                           Arizona         71     Arizona

4 Wake Forest    69                 Wake Forest  57
13 Cleveland St.  84

6 West Virginia 60
11 Dayton            68                    Dayton    43

3 Kansas             84                    Kansas      60            Kansas
14N. Dakota St.  74

7Boston Coll.       55
10Southern Cal.   72                   Southern Cal.  69     Michigan St.

2Michigan St.       77                  Michigan St.      74
15Robert Morris  62

WEST

Thursday

1 Connecticut       103               
16 Chatanooga       47                Connecticut    92

8 BYU             66                        Texas A&M     66       Connecticut (Thurs. 7:07 PM)
9 Texas A&M 79                        

5 Purdue                61                   
12 Northern Iowa 56                  Purdue         76           Purdue

4 Washington      71                  Washington    74
13 Mississippi St 58

Friday:
6 Marquette         58       
11 Utah State        57                  Marquette      79

3 Missouri      78                      Missouri           83          Missouri
14 Cornell       59

Thursday:

7 California  71                          
10 Maryland 84                        Maryland       70           Memphis  (Thurs. 9:37 PM)                   

2 Memphis 81                           Memphis        89
15 Calif St Northridge 70

EAST

Friday:

1Pittsburgh    72                         
16E. Tenn. St. 62                         Pittsburgh        84

8Oklahoma St. 77                       Oklahoma St.   76     Pittsburgh (Thurs 7:27 PM)
9Tennessee       75

5Florida St.   59                          
12Wisconsin  61 (OT)                  Wisconsin   49          Xavier                               

4Xavier             77                          Xavier         60
13Portland St.  59  

Thursday:

6UCLA          62                              
11Va Comm 54                                UCLA          69

3Villanova       80
14American     67                           Villanova     89          Villanova (Thurs 9:57PM)

7Texas 76                                        
10Minnesota 62                              Texas  69                    Duke

2Duke 86                                         Duke    74
15Binghamton 54


SOUTH

Thursday:

1North Carolina 101                      
16Radford 58                            No. Carolina   84      No. Carolina

8LSU 75                                     LSU                  70
9Butler 71

5Illinois            72                                                   
12Western Ky. 76                           Western Ky.      81        Gonzaga

4Gonzaga 77                                    Gonzaga             83
13Akron 64

Friday:

6Arizona St. 66                                 
11Temple       57                                 Arizona St.   67

3Syracuse                   59                   Syracuse        78      Syracuse
14Steph.  F. Austin   44

Thursday:

7Clemson 59
10Michigan 62                                 Michigan        63        Oklahaoma

2Oklahoma 82                                Oklahoma        73
15Morgan St 54.

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